For almost 20 years, Marko Hietala was one of the key players in symphonic metal giants Nightwish. Bassist, back-up vocalist ...

ALBUM REVIEWS: the thrash metal giants' big gamble, new albums from Van Morrison and Cynthia Erivo, and the best of ...

Heavy metal is a baton that has been passed on for generations now. Now, more than ever, metal has turned into family ...

“This the new rock 'n' roll Metallica. The riffs are becoming much greasier, bluesier, dirtier. We really cruise through it because we know we can do this better than anybody else. “We’re a lot more ...

American musicians Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the group, taking their sound in a dramatic new direction. The ...

He says James Hetfield and co. scalped ideas from the tape, which he left behind after being fired from the band in 1983 ...

In many ways, it was a celebration of old-school heavy metal, featuring the most cherished of this particular heavy-metal band’s live-in-concert tropes. But there was a surprising lightness to the ...

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo traded metal for blues-rock in a nod to the Allman Brothers Band in Atlanta.

James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo (and earlier, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted) - built their ...

Despite most people hating on these albums, there's a lot of potential hidden underneath for those willing to take the plunge ...

Fans have even called for some of those caught up in backlash - which includes Hollywood stars Noah Schnapp, David Harbour ...

Unlike the Billy Idol concert at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre a month ago packed largely with Gen Xers and Baby Boomers, Metallica drew a crowd of hard-core rockers from 7 to 70.